Fallout 76 bug kicked off 2019 with disabled nukes

Peace on Earth.

Andi Garnett

Fallout 76 players rang in the New Year with a surprising level of peace and quiet, but that wasn't by design.

The ability to launch nuclear weapons was inadvertently broken this week, and while many assumed it was tying into the holiday spirit, Bethesda soon confirmed the bug, noting it was investigating the issue.

Nuclear codes reset each week, being dropped by different high-level enemies and are used to unlock missile silos. However, this week saw the codes spawn on the same enemies as last week, and were ineffective when it came to unlocking silos.